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Premier League:
Turfed out
Former Newcastle midfielder Scott Parker has left his
position as Burnley manager following confirmation of their
relegation from the Premier League.
The 45 year-old Londoner previously managed Fulham, Bournemouth and
Club Brugge, taking charge at Turf Moor ahead of the 2024/25 season.
Premier League:
Brighton
(h)
Newcastle play their penultimate Premier League home game of the season on
Saturday when Albion head north.
It's an old-fashioned, non-televised 3pm kick-off.
Hat sellers Football Bobbles will have a stall outside the Trent House pub from
Noon. Card payments accepted.
The Magpies have failed to beat the Seagulls in any of the last six
league and cup meetings at home and away, losing to them in both PL
and FA Cup at Gallowgate last season.
Danny Welbeck scored in both of those Brighton victories and also
hit a brace when his side beat United 2-1 at the Amex Stadium last
October.
Eddie Howe's side are looking to avoid a fifth successive defeat in
the PL, something they last endured back in January 2021.
Team:
Joelinton is available following his two match suspension and it's
claimed that
Anthony Gordon is a possible inclusion after making a return to
training.
Tino Livramento isn't expected to feature, with Fabian Schar
and Emil Krafth also still unavailable.
BHAFC:
Solly March may return but James Milner, Adam Webster,
Diego Gomez and Stefanos Tzimas are all out.
Fabian Hurzeler's side have a ten day break ahead of their visit to
Tyneside, with a blank weekend caused by their opponents Chelsea
making it to the FA Cup Semi-finals.
The rearranged game ended in 3-0 victory for Albion, extending their
unbeaten run to five games.
Referee: Chris Kavanagh - fifth league and cup game of the
season involving Newcastle for the Yorkshire whistler.
On Tyneside he presided over a 1-0 win against Wolves, 2-0 Carabao
Cup win against Spurs and 0-2 reverse at the hands of Manchester
City in the same competition.
Kavanagh also took charge of the 3-1 FA Cup success at Aston Villa,
a tie that we won despite a series of glaring errors.
VAR: Neil Davies
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UK Radio:
Live on BBC Radio 5 Live
Bus: NUFC are trialling a free* Park & Ride service from
Newcastle Great Park on the north side of the city.
Go North East buses will depart from the Taylor Wimpey car park off
Great Parkway (NE13 9AA) every 15 minutes from 1pm until 2.45pm,
dropping off outside SJP.
Post-match, buses return from bus stops near St Andrew’s Church
on Newgate Street every 5 minutes from 5pm.
* free parking & free bus travel for match ticket holders.
Due to the closure of Barrack Road, Go North East X50 football services to the Metro Centre will depart from
St. James’ Boulevard, outside the Citygate building.
Stagecoach buses stopping on Barrack Road will be diverted and
passengers required to use alternative bus stops while the
post-match closure is in place.
Details
here
Rail: Scheduled disruptions online
here
PS: No
trains will run between York and Northallerton in either direction
on Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
Bus replacements will operate between York and Darlington.
(Unlike other weekends when similar closures are in place, there are
no direct services running via the longer route through Hartlepool).
Metro:
No scheduled disruptions.
Stats:
Both Dan Burn and Bruno Guimaraes go into this game
having made 149 Premier League appearances for United.
Seagulls @ SJP - all-time:
2024/25 lost 1-2 Isak (FA) (aet)
2024/25 lost 0-1 (PL)
2023/24 drew 1-1 S.Longstaff (PL)
2022/23 won 4-1 og, Burn, Wilson, Guimaraes (PL)
2021/22 won 2-1 Fraser, Schar (PL)
2020/21 lost 0-3 (PL)
2019/20 drew 0-0 (PL)
2018/19 lost 0-1 (PL)
2017/18 drew 0-0 (PL)
2016/17 won 2-0 Lascelles, Shelvey (Ch)
1991/92 lost 0-1 (D2)
1990/91 drew 0-0 (D2)
1989/90 won 2-0 Gallacher, Quinn (D2)
1985/86 lost 0-2 (FAC)
1983/84 won 3-1 Keegan, Waddle, Beardsley (D2)
1982/83 lost 0-1 (FAC)
1978/79 lost 1-3 Shoulder (D2)
1961/62 won 5-0 Leek 3, Tuohy, Hale (D2)
1929/30 won 3-0 Gallacher 3 (FAC)
Latest
PL
fixtures:
Fri 01.05.2026:
Leeds United v Burnley (8pm) Sky
Sat 02.05.2026:
Brentford v West Ham (3pm)
Newcastle v Brighton and Hove Albion (3pm)
Wolves v mackems (3pm)
Arsenal v Fulham (5.30pm) Sky
Sun 03.05.2026:
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (2pm) Sky
Manchester United v Liverpool (3.30pm) Sky
Aston Villa v Spurs (7pm) TNT
Mon 04.05.2026:
Chelsea v Nottingham Forest (3pm) Sky
Everton v Manchester City (8pm) Sky
Update:
Howay the lad
Following
his previous success with "The Boy on the Shed", former
Magpie Paul Ferris has been nominated once again for the
annual Sports Book Awards.
His memoir "Once Upon A Toon" has made the shortlist for the
Sports Entertainment Book of the Year, the winner of which will be
decided by a public vote.
Paul is up against some big hitters in the shape of Phil Tufnell and
Martin O'Neill so every vote is vital.
Votes can be placed until May 7th
online here
Premier League:
West Ham (h)
confirmed
Newcastle's final Premier League home game against West
Ham has been belatedly confirmed as a 5.30pm kick-off on
Sunday May 17th, live on Sky Sports.
U21s:
Swansong
Swansea City U21s
2 Newcastle U21s 0
Match report
Premier League:
Eze beats
Arsenal
1 Newcastle 0
Match report
U18s:
Wolves seen off
Newcastle U18s 2 Wolves U18s 1
United's
U18 side completed a seasonal double over Wolves on Saturday as they
maintained their hold on third place in the table, behind the two
Manchester clubs.
Scoreless after 45 minutes at Little Benton, the young Magpies went
ahead two minutes after the break through Alfie Hutchison,
the Scottish forward having also netted in United's 2-0 win in the
Black Country back in August.
What proved to be the winner for Chris Moore's side then arrived
on 67 minutes when
Muawiya Ghanem fired home, the 15 year-old midfielder marking
his first U18 start with a debut goal at this level.
The visitors got a late goal through Saba in the 89th minute but
the hosts held out through eight minutes of added time to collect
all three points.
Introduced in the closing stages for his U18 debut was striker Leon
Mukumbira, promoted from the U16 side.
Team: Dowell, Patterson, Gilligan (Tika-Lemba 90+5), Epia, Johnson
(Old 66), Taylor (Callaghan 64),
Hutchison (Mukumbira 80), Ghanem, Wooster, O'Donovan, Seldon.
Sub n/u: Holland.
2026/27:
Pre-season whispers
With plans for long haul warm-up
games abandoned, the focus turns to whereabouts in Europe Newcastle
will be preparing for next season.
After previous mention of Austria and Portugal, The Mail
report that a training camp is planned at the Spanish resort of La
Manga, with one associated friendly fixture.
The Chronicle meanwhile claim that Serie A side AS Roma have
been invited to play at Gallowgate.
Update:
Hughton diagnosis
From The Mail, news of another recent prostate cancer diagnosis for
an SJP old boy following that of Shaka Hislop:
Chris Hughton has been
diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The 67-year-old received his
diagnosis in April last year and underwent surgery to remove his
prostate in May.
His cancer was detected early,
and the operation has been a success. He has made a strong recovery
and is once again cancer free.
Hughton,
a former Tottenham and Republic of Ireland defender who had spells
as manager of Newcastle and Brighton in the Premier League, wants to
use his experience to raise awareness about the risks.
'The news certainly didn t scare
me,' said Hughton as he discussed his health for the first time.
'I know everyone is different,
but my first impression was "I ll be fine". I didn t instantly think
"this is probably just going to kill me." I just thought, "OK, we ll
have to do what we have to do".'
Hughton
first picked up warning signs about his prostate when he was
Brighton manager on a routine annual health check made available by
League Managers Association to members.
He fell into a high-risk
category: over 50 with family history of the disease and black. One
in four black men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had blood
tests to check his PSA (prostate specific antigens) levels every six
months and has been a strong supporter of the Prostate Cancer UK
charity for years.
Last year, the levels spiked and
a subsequent scan detected cancer.
Hughton
said: 'I had very good advice and all the treatment options were
given to me, and I decided to have my prostate removed. The recovery
has gone really well.
'I m one year post operation and
I feel good. It s all gone very well. I ve got a lot of energy.
Keeping active and busy is part of how I am anyway, but it s also
about rehabilitation and keeping your mind active as well.
'I m very comfortable with my
prognosis and my post operation feelings. I m in a really good
place.'
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Update:
Loan lads
Harrison Ashby/Joe White (Bradford City):
The Bantams drew 1-1 at home to Bolton Wanderers in League One on
Saturday.
Harrison remained benched while White wasn't involved.
Matt Targett (Middlesbrough):
A 5-1 home win over Watford on Saturday in the Championship
confirmed a playoff place for the smoggies.
Matt joined from the bench at the start of the second half.
Travis Hernes (Groningen):
Travis arrived as an 80th minute replacement with his side already
0-3 down at Feyenoord in the Eredivisie on Saturday. Groningen got a late
consolation.
Charlie McArthur (Airdrieonians):
Charlie played the full game and scored the winning goal as
Airdrieonians beat
Ayr United 2-1 at home in the Scottish Championship on Saturday.
Max Thompson (Ayr United):
Max watched from the bench as his Newcastle team mate scored the
winner for
Airdrieonians as Ayr United lost 1-2 in the Scottish Championship on Saturday.
Trevan Sanusi (Lorient):
Sunday saw Lorient lose at home in Ligue 1 by the odd goal in five
to Strasbourg. As usual, Trevan didn't feature.
Antonio Cordero (Cadiz)
The departure of coach Sergio Gonzalez failed to improve the chances
of Cadiz avoiding demotion from La Liga 2, as they lost 1-2 at home
to Las Palmas on Monday evening - their tenth loss in eleven games.
They remain two points clear of the relegation zone.
Antonio played the opening 76 minutes.
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
Osasuna (a) La Liga, Sunday.
2026/27:
ST
waiting
list details
NUFC confirm that a season ticket waiting list will open up ahead of
next season, with a minimum of 250 available.
Entry to the waiting list is restricted to club members, who can
sign up between Mon 18.05.2026 and Sun 31.05.2026.
A ballot will then take place with entrants placed in priority
groups according to criteria set by the club. Ballot winners can
then purchase season tickets from Wed 10.06.2026.
While the purchase of a 2026/27 membership isn't required to join
the waiting list, anyone who doesn't win this ballot would need to
continue paying for membership in order to maintain their place in
the queue for future ST releases.
While the minimum figure of 250 for this year is set, there's no
mention of how many STs will be offered thereafter.
Full details online
here
2025/26:
Senior Cup Final set
This season's Northumberland Senior Cup Final
takes place at St.James' Park on Tuesday May 5th (7.30pm).
Current holders Heaton Stannington defend
their title against Whitley Bay, who last lifted the
cup in 2010.
Admission is via the East Stand turnstiles, £8 adults, £4
concessions and £2 U18s.
Premier League:
Nottingham Forest
(a)
Newcastle's penultimate PL away game of the season takes them to
the banks of the Trent on Sunday week, May 10th.
United are seeking a fifth successive PL win at the City Ground and
haven't lost a top-flight game at this venue since back in May 1987.
In PL visits only, they have won four and drawn the remaining three.
It's a 2pm
kick-off live on Sky Sports and all 3,048 away section
tickets are now sold out.
Team: To follow
NFFC:
To follow
Referee: tbc
VAR: tbc
UK TV: Live on Sky Sports
City centre bars with live TV coverage include:
The Dog & Parrot on Clayton Street West.
Dirty Murphy's on Grainger Street (formerly Mushroom).
The game will be on live at WonderBar in The Gate.
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UK Radio:
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Rail: Scheduled disruptions are online
here
FAO anyone
heading from the London area, the usual direct trains via St.Pancras
won't operate due to engineering work between London and Bedford.
Rail replacement buses will run from Hitchin to Bedford, connecting
with trains to Nottingham. Alternatively, LNER trains from Kings
Cross to Grantham connect there with Nottingham bound trains.
Metro:
No scheduled disruptions.
Stats:
Newcastle @ City Ground - PL era:
2024/25 won 3-1 Isak, Joelinton, Barnes
2024/25 drew 1-1 Willock (won 4-3 on pens) (LC)
2023/24 won 3-2 Guimaraes 2, Schar
2022/23 won 2-1 Isak 2
2018/19 lost 1-3 Rondon (LC)
2016/17 lost 1-2 Ritchie (Ch)
2011/12 won 4-3 Lovenkrands 2, Colo, Simpson (LC)
2009/10 lost 0-1 (Ch)
2002/03 lost 1-3 Viana (FR)
1998/99 won 2-1 Shearer, Hamann
1996/97 drew 0-0
1995/96 lost 5-6 Ferdinand 2, Guinan, Barton, KK (FR)
1995/96 drew 1-1 Beardsley
1994/95 drew 0-0
Upcoming PL
fixtures:
Sat
09.05.2026:
Liverpool v Chelsea (12.30pm) TNT
Brighton and Hove Albion 15:00 Wolves (3pm)
Fulham v Bournemouth (3pm)
mackems v Manchester United (3pm)
Manchester City v Brentford (5.30pm) Sky
Sun 10.05.2026:
Burnley v Aston Villa (2pm) Sky
Crystal Palace v Everton (2pm) Sky
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle (2pm) Sky
West Ham v Arsenal (4.30pm) Sky
Mon 11.05.2026:
Spurs v Leeds United (8pm) Sky
Wed 13.05.2026:
Manchester City v Crystal Palace (8pm)
Incoming:
Johan joins:
official
From NUFC:
Newcastle United have
completed a deal to sign Ecuadorian winger Johan Martinez
from Independiente del Valle.
The 16-year-old will officially
join the Magpies after his 18th birthday in the summer of 2027
(on May 10th) and will remain with Independiente del Valle in the
meantime.
Johan was part of the
Independiente del Valle youth team who won the Ecuadorian U17 title
in December 2025.
Ross Wilson, Newcastle United
Sporting Director, said:
"We re delighted to beat off serious competition from leading clubs
across Europe to bring Johan to Newcastle United.
"Identifying and recruiting
promising young players is a key part of how we build for the
future, and our scouting and recruitment teams have worked
diligently to secure Johan s signature.
"Independiente del Valle have a
strong reputation for developing young players and Johan has
undoubtedly benefited from that environment.
"He will continue his progress there while we maintain a close
connection with his development, and we look forward to welcoming
him to Newcastle next year.
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Monday
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Home games: 10am to 30 minutes from KO
Away games: Three hours from KO to KO
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Wednesdays only: 10am to 5pm
Home games: 10am to half time
2026/27 ST prices
here
PL
home ST limits:
ST left unused, limit is 5
ST sold/transferred limit is 10
SJP seating plan online
here
Away ticket
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may vary). A maximum of two are permitted per season (PL only).
Home ticket transfers are possible between three weeks and one hour
before kick-off.
More info online
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ST holders have 24
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buy.
Success is based on the loyalty point total calculated from applications
received. Any applications from ST holders with less points are entered into a
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Regardless of the loyalty point level a game sells out at, to purchase a
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Only those within the new loyalty point total are
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PL away ticket prices will remain unchanged at £30 for both 2026/27 and
2027/28.
Fixtures:
Sat 02.05.2026 U18s v Manchester United (h)
@ Little Benton, 12.30pm. U18 Premier League.
Sat 02.05.2026 Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
@ SJP, 3pm. Premier League.
ST fwding /resale now.
No live
UK TV.
Tue 05.05.2026 U18s v Leeds United (h)
@ Little Benton, Noon. U18 Premier League.
Sat 09.05.2026 U18s v Boro (a)
@ Hurworth, 11am. U18 Premier League.
Sun 10.05.2026 Nottingham Forest (a)
@ City Ground, 2pm. Premier League.
SOLD OUT.
Allocation: 3,048 (digital tickets).
Live
on Sky Sports.
Sun 17.05.2026 West Ham (h)
@ SJP, 5.30pm. Premier League.
ST fwding/resale now.
Live on Sky Sports.
Mon 18.05.2026 ST waiting list opens.
Sun 24.05.2026 Fulham (a)
@ Craven Cottage, 4pm. Premier League.
SOLD OUT.
Allocation: 2,701 (digital tickets).
UK TV coverage tbc (if any).
Sun 31.05.2026 ST waiting list closes.
NUFC live on TV (all UK times):
Sun
10.05.2026
Forest (a) 2pm Sky
Sun 17.05.2026 West Ham (h) 5.30pm Sky
(PL Selections made to Tue 19.05.2026)
Live PL TV release date:
MW38 after Sun 17.05.2026
Other events @ SJP:
Euro 2028:
Four group stage games
and one last 16 tie will be played at SJP on the following dates:
Mon 12.06.2028
Thu 15.06.2028
Sat 17.06.2028
Tue 20.06.2028
Sun 25.06.2028
(Kick-off times will be advised in 2027)
2026/27 PL season:
Fri 19.06.2026
PL fixture release @ 10am
Sat 22.08.2026
Match Week 1
Sun 30.05.2027
Match Week 38
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2025/26:
England:
Sat 06.06.2026 New Zealand (n) Tampa FR
Wed 10.06.2026 Costa Rica (n) Orlando FR
11.06-19.07.2026 World Cup Finals
WCF groups - NUFC players in bold:
Group A
Mexico
South Africa
South Korea
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Group B
Canada
Bosnia-Herz
Qatar
Switzerland
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Group C
Brazil
Morocco
Haiti
Scotland
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Group D
USA
Paraguay
Australia
Turkey |
Group E
Germany
Curacao
Ivory Coast
Ecuador
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Group F
Netherlands
Japan
Tunisia
Sweden
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Group G
Belgium
Egypt
Iran
New Zealand
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Group H
Spain
Cape Verde
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay
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Group I
France
Senegal
Iraq
Norway
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Group J
Argentina
Algeria
Austria
Jordan
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Group K
Portugal
DR Congo
Uzbekistan
Colombia
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Group L
England
Croatia
Ghana
Panama |
2026/27:
21.09-09.10.2026*
09.11-17.11.2026
22.03-30.03.2027
* the early September break is replaced by an extended late
September/early October in which four internationals will be
staged.
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30th April |
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Born Or Died:
 1933
Death of Wilfred Low, 48.
Former United skipper turned trainer and assistant groundsman Wilf was knocked
down and killed by a car on St.Thomas's street, close to his home on
Leazes Terrace.
1963 Glyn Hodges born, Streatham.
(1987)
Welsh international midfielder who contrived to write his way
into numerous worst all- time NUFC XIs during an 86 day stay at SJP.
Having appeared in all four divisions with Wimbledon during fourteen years at
Plough Lane, the highly-rated left-sided midfielder made his Newcastle debut
in a 1-3 midweek defeat at Spurs in August 1987.
Barely a month later though came what was to be Glynn's last Magpies outing - a
1-4 home humping by Liverpool.
Hodges later said of his time at SJP:
"I was playing out of position for a start, the results weren’t great, and I
suppose it just wasn’t a good fit for me.
"Other players will confirm that sometimes you get a feeling if you are not
going to settle, and that for me was one of those times. I could have
toughed it out but the opportunity was there to come back down so I took
it."
That opportunity was at Watford with his former Wombles boss
Dave Bassett and when the Hornets matched our £300K outlay, he moved to
Vicarage Road.
Watford actually made a profit selling Hodges to Crystal Palace in 1990, but he
failed to impress at Selhurst Park and was re-united again with Bassett
within seven months - this time at Sheffield United.
Approaching the veteran stage, Hodges left Bramall Lane in 1996 for Derby
County but was soon on the move again, this time to the Golden Club out in
Hong Kong.
Returning to the UK a year later, Glyn later featured for Hull City, Nottingham
Forest and Scarborough.
His final club was to be the Welsh League side TNS Llansantffraid before he
inevitably followed Dave Bassett to Barnsley.
In almost four years at Oakwell, Hodges coached at youth, reserve and senior
level - having two stints as caretaker manager.
That came to an end in 2003, after which he became the Welsh U21 coach, working
under senior side boss and former international colleague Mark Hughes.
Hodges then followed "Sparky" to Blackburn Rovers, taking over as reserve team
boss in November 2004 and moving on to the same role at Manchester City in
July 2008.
However, he lost his job at Eastlands in late 2009 following the removal of
Hughes and had a brief spell coaching at Leeds United.
The Hodges/Hughes partnership reformed at Fulham in October 2010 but remained
under contract at Craven Cottage when Hughes departed in the summer of 2011.
Seeing out the final year of his Fulham deal, Hodges later scouted for Martin
Jol before joining Hughes at QPR in July 2012.
And although Hughes exited Loftus Road within four months, Hodges retained his
position as head of coaching following the installation of Harry Redknapp.
Yet another Hughes reunion then came in July 2013, when Glyn became U23 coach
at Stoke City.
Following Hughes out in January 2018, he
didn't resurface with him at Southampton and instead assisted fellow former
Womble Wally Downes at AFC Wimbledon.
Taking charge when Downes was suspended following an FA charge for betting
misconduct, Hodges took the post permanently in October 2019 but left in January
2021.
Returning to coaching a year later with Doncaster Rovers, Glyn answered the
call from Hughes within a month to assist him at Bradford City.
That lasted until October 2023, with yet another Hughes pairing coming at
Carlisle United the following February.
He left Brunton Park in June 2025 due to family commitmennts.
1967 Peter Harbach born, Carlisle.
(1983-87)
Midfielder who was part of United's 1985 FA Youth Cup winning
squad and signed a 12 month professional deal soon after.
Earned a call-up to the senior team during an injury crisis in May 1986, no
first team debut followed, but Peter did mark his reserve bow with a goal in a
1-3 defeat at Nottingham Forest that September.
Failing to secure a professional contract at Gallowgate, he
was released in May 1987 and had a successful trial at Carlisle United,
playing for them in Division Four.
Harbach later served non-league sides Barrow, Workington, Penrith, Lancaster
City and Carlisle City.
He worked as an IT consultant in his native Cumbria.
1986 Rob Elliot born, Greenwich.
(2011-20)
A boyhood Charlton Athletic fan, goalkeeper Rob joined the
Addicks from Erith Town in 2004 and was loaned to Bishops Stortford, Notts
County and Accrington Stanley.
His senior debut for Charlton then came off the bench as a third minute
substitute, following Nicky Weaver's dismissal during a Championship game at
Plymouth Argyle in April 2008 (the visitors won 2-1).
The 2011/12 season found Rob in the final year of his contract at The Valley
and after completing a century of appearances in the opening weeks, was
linked in the press with a move to SJP.
That transfer tale was given credence by the presence of ex-Charlton
goalkeeping coach Andy Woodman on United's staff.
Charlton initially complained over an illegal approach for Elliot and
claimed that United's "final" offer was just £100K.
Within a week however the League One side had allowed Rob to travel to
Tyneside and after a medical was completed, he signed a five year contract
in late August.
Replacing Steve Harper as bench cover for Tim Krul at QPR early the
following month, Elliot's United debut came in a 4-3 League Cup victory at
Nottingham Forest during September 2011.
The 2012/13 campaign saw him play in five domestic cup and Europa League ties before a Premier League bow against Southampton at SJP in
February 2013.
That came with both Krul and Harper out through injury and although
conceding in only the third minute, he emerged with credit as Newcastle ran
out 4-2 winners - also completing the feat of featuring in the top five
divisions during his career.
Rob's final outing of the season came away at QPR and ended with a red card
for carrying the ball out of his area.
The 2013/14 campaign followed a similar path; regular bench duty
in the Premier League and a solitary runout in the League and FA Cups,
before two league outings covering for the injured Krul - and conceding
eight goals in 180 minutes.
Returning to the side following injury to Krul in November 2014, Rob was
himself carrying a thigh injury and was forced off in a home win over
Chelsea - debutant Jak Alnwick coming on in his place.
Further fitness problems then ruled Rob out for the remainder of the season,
with rookie custodian Freddie Woodman taking over as Krul's understudy
(although not being called into action).
That left Elliot preparing for the arrival of Nottingham Forest goalkeeper
Karl Darlow - acquired the previous year and loaned back to the City Ground.
Krul began the season between the posts before succumbing to a season-ending
knee problem while on international duty against Kazakhstan in October 2015.
Rob was given the nod and made 22 starts (missing the trip to West Bromwich
Albion through illness and making way for Darlow) before also injuring
himself.
Like Krul, that blow came while playing for his country, tearing knee
ligaments that ruled him out of United's bid to avoid relegation and ruined
hopes of Euro 2016 participation.
He certainly enhanced his reputation during that time and put himself in the
frame for player of the season, while most of his colleagues struggled to
find form.
After warming the bench in early 2017, Elliot returned to first team action
for the promotion-clincher against Preston at the end of April making his
50th appearance.
Rob's 50th start then came in the next game when he captained the side at
Cardiff City.
First choice ahead of Darlow (with Matz Sels loaned out), Rob took the number
1 shirt for the club's top-flight return, but injury and the arrival of
Martin Dubravka saw Elliot lose his place early in 2018.
What proved to be his final senior game was a 0-1 home loss to Manchester
City in late December) when he suffered a thigh strain.
Although fit within weeks, Rob found himself behind Dubravka, Darlow,
Freddie Woodman and even rookie Nathan Harker.
Further hindered by a shoulder problem that required surgery, Elliot didn't
return to a Premier League squad until late 2019 - with Dubravka injured and
Woodman on loan at Swansea City.
Almost unnoticed, his last bench posting came in the FA Cup win at West
Bromwich Albion in February 2020.
A free agent that June, Rob built up his fitness training with former club
Charlton before signing a short-term deal at Championship side Watford in
January 2021.
Adding a promotion to his CV without dirtying his gloves for the Hornets, he finally
debuted in a League Cup tie
against Stoke City in September 2021.
Playing just once the following season, Rob left Vicarage Road and joined Gateshead as Technical Director in August 2022,
becoming Interim Manager after Mike Williamson departed for MK
Dons.
Leading the Heed to FA Trophy success at Wembley in 2024 against
Solihull Moors on penalties he became permanent manager.
Tempted away by League One Crawley Town that October, a disastrous run of
results saw him exit six months later.
Rob rejoined Gateshead in January 2026 with the side bottom of the National
League, overseeing a massive upturn in results to ensure they avoided
relegation with two games to spare.
Elliot's international career had begun when his eligibility for the
Republic of Ireland via his father resulted in a call-up during 2013.
His debut then came against Turkey in Dublin during May 2014 and was winning
his fourth cap at the same venue when disaster struck against Slovakia in
March 2016.
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1894 sunderland (a)
1-3 (0-2)
Friendly
Crate(50)
scorer tbc(5), Scott(44,85)
4,000
1895 Jarrow (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Friendly
Wallace
2,500
1896 sunderland (h)
3-3 (3-0)
Friendly
Thompson(1-0), Collins(2-0), Aitken(3-0)
Campbell(3-1),
Gibson(3-2),
Hartley(3-3)
5,000
1897 Hibernian
(Scotland) (h)
0-3 (0-2)
Friendly
Price(0-1),
Kennedy(45), Murray(0-3)
3,000
1898 Blackburn Rovers
(h)
4-0 (1-0)
League Test
Ghee(30), Jackson(50), Harvey(3-0),
Campbell(70)
13,324
Following the conclusion of the Test Matches (a
forerunner of the playoffs), United gained promotion
to the First Division for the first time after five years
in Division Two - but only after a hasty change of rules.
Burnley and Stoke played out a 0-0 draw in the other
Test, ensuring
they finished in the top two places of the four-team
group - the former going up and the latter staying up.
After protests however the Test Match format was dispensed
with and Division One expanded from 16 to 18 teams,
meaning that Stoke and Blackburn avoided relegation and Newcastle
and Burnley were promoted from Division Two.
1901 Hearts (Scotland) (a)
0-2 (0-2)
Friendly
A.Walker(1), Thomson(0-2)
2,500
24 hours after losing to Rangers at Ibrox, United
suffered a similar fate at Tynecastle, with the home side
borrowing Macpherson of St. Johnstone to go in goal.
Team: Kingsley,
Wilson, D.Gardner, Veitch, player tbc, Carr, A.Gardner,
Macfarlane, Niblo, Haywood, Littlefair.
1902 St. Mirren
(Scotland) (a)
2-1 (0-1)
Friendly
Stewart(1-1), Harvey(87)
Lindsay(10)
4,000
United visited Love
Street for another Ibrox Disaster Fund benefit match -
their second in three days.
1903 St. Mirren
(Scotland) (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Friendly
Wilson
3,000
United rounded off their post-season tour of Scotland
with a third game in as many days, reaching Paisley after
stops at Kilmarnock and Glasgow - where they faced
Rangers.
1904 Aberdeen
(Scotland) (a)
7-1 (2-0)
Friendly
Howie(1), McClarence(15,5-0),
Templeton(3-0), Orr(55,7-1),
McColl(4-0)
Bonnar(5-1)
5,000
United concluded
their five game tour of Scotland by walloping the Dons at
Pittodrie - one local paper concluding that they could
have scored 20 if they'd wanted to and another calling it "Aberdeen's
Waterloo".
Team:
Crumley, McCombie, Carr, Gardner, Aitken, Birnie,
Templeton, Howie, McClarence, Orr, McColl.
1906 Blackburn Rovers
(h)
3-0 (3-0)
Division One
43pts, 4th/20
Raine(29), Higgins(30), Gosnell(41)
24,000
The final fixture of the season saw reigning Champions Newcastle
lose their title to Liverpool.
1909 Liverpool (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
53pts, 1st/20
Orr(78)
1,000
The season ended in defeat but it didn't prevent United regaining the First
Division Championship, secured a week earlier at
Blackburn.
1910 Sheffield United
(h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
45pts, 4th/20
40,000
A scoreless home draw to end the season.
1912 Inverness
(Scotland) (a)
3-3 (1-1)
Friendly
Peart(1-1),
Hudspeth(2-2pen),
Duncan(3-2)
Rhind(0-1 ),
(Macdonald(1-2), Gray(3-3pen)
5,000
Frank Hudspeth's spot kick was hit with such venom that
home goalkeeper Mackenzie had to retire due to an injury sustained by the ball.
An outfield player took his place and was beaten by Scott
Duncan before Mackenzie returned with the score at 3-3,
making several decent stops as a joint Caledonian/Thistle
side earned a draw.
1921 Arsenal (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P40, 49pts, 4th/22
Smailes(31)
40,000
There was a winning debut for right back Robert Roxburgh,
who had been signed
from Morpeth Comrades for £50.
1927 Sheffield
Wednesday (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
P41, 56pts, 1st/22
Gallacher(29,75)
Strange(31)
28,421
The penultimate
game of Newcastle's First Divison Championship winning
season saw a Hughie Gallacher brace clinch the title.
However, confirmation of a 0-4 defeat at Bolton for
nearest rivals Huddersfield Town meant that our
result was academic.
Summing the up the club's fourth title and first since and
1909, Athletic News wrote:
"Newcastle were only reaping the reward of their
courage in being favoured with such rare immunity from
accident as to enable substantially the same team to bear
the brunt of the battle from reveille to cease fire."
1931 Yeovil and
Petters United (a)
3-2 (2-0)
Friendly
Boyd(2), Starling(17,65)
Edmunds(1-3),
Bloxham(75)
2,000
48
hours before their final league game at Chelsea,
United
were in friendly action at Huish Athletic Ground against a
Yeovil side who were competing in Division Two of the London Combination League after leaving The Southern
League.
The Glovers would re-title themselves as Yeovil Town in
1946.
Team: Burns,
Fairhurst, Thomson, McKenzie, Davidson, Weaver, Boyd,
Bedford, Hutchison, Starling, Liddle.
 1932
Sheffield United (a) 3-0 (1-0)
Division One
P40, 41pts, 11th/22
J.R.Richardson(31), Boyd(54), McMenemy(80)
12,000
The closing away game of the season saw Newcastle end
a run of ten successive league losses on the road.
This
game was designated as a memorial match for Blades
Secretary John Nicholson and the match programme featured a black-lined cover
design.
Nicholson had been knocked down and killed by a lorry outside
Sheffield Midland station the previous Saturday, while en
route to his side's game at Aston Villa.
1934 Bohemians
(Ireland) (a)
3-1 (2-1)
Friendly
Williams(6), Richardson(2-1,3-1)
Ellis(1-1)
5,000 (Irish Times reported 17,000)
48
hours after defeat at Stoke City confirmed their
relegation to Division Two, United were in Dublin for a
friendly fixture against the Free State League Champions
at Dalymount Park.
Team: McPhillips,
Nelson, Fairhurst, Imrie, Davidson, Murray, Boyd,
Richardson, Williams, McMenemy, Lang.
1938 Swansea Town (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Division Two
P41, 36pts, 17th/22
Olsen(5), og(Fairhurst)(66)
11,428
It proved to be fifth time unlucky for the Magpies as
their 100% record at the Vetch Field was finally
ended.
 1949
Manchester United (h) 0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P41, 51pts, 2nd/22
Burke(84)
38,266
Despite this defeat and a final day draw at Sheffield
United one week later, The Magpies still finished a
creditable fourth on their top-flight return.
 1955
Tottenham Hotspur (a) 1-2 (0-2)
Division One
43pts, 8th/22
Mitchell(60)
Gavin(20),
og(Stokoe)(39)
37,262
Defeat at White
Hart Lane aided the home side's efforts to avoid
relegation, while Newcastle played the entire second half
a man short after Charlie Crowe was unable to continue.
This was United's final league game and eleventh league fixture of the
month - although that hectic scheduled didn't prevent them
beating Manchester City in the FA Cup Final at Wembley a
week later....
 1960
Manchester City (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
44pts, 8th/22
Colbridge(86)
27,812
What proved to be George Eastham's final outing in a
Newcastle shirt didn't help United end the season on a
winning note - recording a third successive defeat without
netting.
 1966
Leeds United (a)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
P40, 34pts, 19th/22
Storrie(41), Lorimer(71),
og(McGrath)(77)
29,531
Just three days after forcing a third game to decide
their Fairs Cup semi-final against Real Zaragoza, Don
Revie's side ruthlessly swept aside the Magpies.
However, Liverpool's 2-1 win over Chelsea the same day
virtually ensured that the title would be heading to
Anfield not Elland Road.
 1969 Stoke City (h)
5-0 (1-0)
Division One
P40, 43pts, 9th/22
Scott(7,48), Robson(65), Arentoft(74),
Davies(75)
28,015
Pop Robson scored his 30th goal of the season in all
competitions but the night belonged to Jimmy Scott and
Tommy Gibb, who were both outstanding.
 1975
sunderland (h)
5-3 (2-0)
Friendly
Macdonald(6,62),
Burns(42),
Tudor(70),
Kennedy(5-2)
Kerr(4-1), Mitchell(75), Robson(5-3pen)
21,280
Forty eight hours after the sides had met at Roker for
mackem Martin Harvey's testimonial, it was the turn of
Magpie David Craig to benefit from another Tyne-wear derby
clash.
 1977
Arsenal (h)
0-2 (0-1)
Division One
P38, 47pts, 4th/22
Macdonald(41),
Matthews(55)
44,677
Malcolm Macdonald's first return to SJP saw him add
another goal to the three he'd claimed against his former
club at
Highbury.
Despite the loss however, United were still able to secure
a UEFA Cup place after beating Aston Villa in our final
home game.
 1983
Cambridge United (a) 0-1 (0-1)
Division Two
P39, 60pts, 5th/22
Cooke(27)
7,591
A run of four wins (all of which had included goals from Imre Varadi) came to
a halt at the Abbey Stadium, as our slim promotion
chances receded further.
Robbie Cooke scored the home goal, but their main threat
was lanky striker George Reilly. He would move on to
Watford before ending up on Tyneside almost two years
later.
 1985
The FA Youth Cup final 1st leg at SJP against Watford
finished 0-0 in front of an SJP crowd of 5,774.
United would go on to claim the trophy for the second
time, racking up a 4-1 success at Vicarage Road.
Team: Kelly,
Dickinson, Tinnion, Nesbit, Scott, Kilford, Hayton, Gascoigne,
Allon, Forster, McKenzie, (Wrightson 79).
 1987
48 hours after winning 4-0 at Elland Road, Leeds Reserves
visited St. James' Park for the return Central League fixture.
This time, the Yorkshire side had to be content with a 2-0
success.
Team: Kelly,
Wrightson, Bailey, Caizley, Scott, Coxall, Bogie, A.Craig,
Allon, Hutchinson, Stewart.
 1988
Oxford United (h)
3-1 (1-0)
Division One
P38, 50pts, 10th/21
Lormor(5), O'Neill(55), Goddard(56)
Phillips(87)
16,617
Tony Lormor marked his first senior start with the
opener as Mark Lawrenson's side were relegated.
Youtube
footage is online here
 1994
Sheffield United (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Premier League
P41, 74pts, 3rd/22
Blake(63,90)
29,013
Ex-Magpie Glyn Hodges spent his birthday in the Blades
midfield and almost put his old side ahead when heading
against his own bar.
After surviving a first half battering thanks to some
heroics from Pavel Srnicek, Newcastle rallied after the
break but couldn't score.
Nathan Blake then headed home despite the best efforts of
Scott Sellars on the line, before striking again to send
home fans into extended celebrations.
However, the Toon support was soon also rejoicing, after
West Ham's win at Highbury confirmed our European
qualification.
Dave Bassett's Blades were then beaten at Chelsea the
following weekend and still
found themselves relegated.
PL highlights are online here
1996 Tino Asprilla
was fined and banned at an FA hearing, following his
entanglements with Manchester City's Keith Curle during
the 3-3 draw at Maine Road.
2003 A 1-0 defeat
to Birmingham City's reserves at St. Andrew's. Craig Fagan
got the goal after just nine minutes.
NUFC.com
match report
 2005
Crystal Palace (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Premiership
P35, 40pts, 14th/20
52,123
A second home 0-0 in four days had bored United fans hoying
paper aeroplanes and making hats out of promotional
carrier bags.
The home side dominated the game and twice netted - only
for both to be ruled out by referee Alan Wiley for
infringements.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here
2006 United
issued the following statement after their 0-0 draw at
Birmingham City the previous day:
"Michael Owen went to see the specialist first
thing on Sunday morning where he had an X-ray and various
tests.
"The news was positive, and there is no damage. In
fact, the specialist told Michael it was quite normal to
experience a certain level of pain in the first couple of
games back playing after an injury of this kind."
After the game Owen had been quoted on the official
site as saying that:
"My foot does not feel right. I felt something go
after 10 minutes. But it's not the kind of pain I
experienced when I needed a second operation."
 2007
Reading (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Premiership
P36, 42pts, 12th/20
Kitson(51)
24,109
United's
first ever away league meeting with the Royals ended in
defeat on what should have been an uplifting evening, as
Michael Owen played his first club game for a year and a
day.
Owen's sharp performance was the one bright spot on a
night when Glenn Roeder's team and tactics were odd to say
the least.
The winner came from Dave Kitson, on hand at the far
post to lash the ball past Steve Harper after Magpies captain Kieron
Dyer decisively dallied in midfield.
NUFC.com
match report
PL highlights are online here
2012 The Reserves
won the Northumberland Senior Cup on penalties, after
Northern League Team Northumbria held them to a 4-4
draw at Gallowgate.
Michael Richardson hit the winning spot kick and Tamas
Kadar collected the trophy as the Magpies made it four
triumphs in the last five seasons in this competition.
Phil Airey(2), Paul Dummett and Dan Taylor had earlier
netted in front of just 739 fans.
NUFC.com
match report
 2016
Crystal Palace (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P36, 33pts, 17th/20
Townsend(58)
52,107
Memories of a similarly sunny April
day in 1992 were to the fore as
a side battling relegation gained a
priceless 1-0 home win.
David Kelly was the hero against Portsmouth that day, but Toon fans celebrating
victory over Alan Pardew's Eagles were grateful for pivotal
contributions from two players.
Andros Townsend's perfectly-executed free kick put United ahead, Karl Darlow saving old boy Yohan Cabaye's penalty with 20 minutes
left to help seal victory.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here
 2022 Liverpool (h)
0-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P35, 43pts, 10th/20
Keita(19)
52,281
United's run of four wins unsurprisingly came to an end as Liverpool kept up their title challenge with a
narrow victory at SJP.
Naby Keita got the vital goal, the Reds once
again taking advantage of a Fabian
Schar injury, as
they had at Anfield.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here
 2023 Southampton (h)
3-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P33, 65pts, 3rd/20
Wilson(54,81), og(Walcott)(79)
S.Armstrong(41)
52,234
United
came from a goal down to maintain their their pursuit of
a top four finish with victory over the PL's basement
side.
Behind to a strike from Stuart Armstrong, half time arrival Callum Wilson took
just nine minutes to regain parity.
Wilson was denied another goal by a lengthy VAR-offside
call, but within five minutes the Magpies legitimately
led 2-1 after a corner ended up in the Saints net via Sven Botman and Theo Walcott.
Another predatory effort from Wilson then made it 3-1 - his fifth in eight days and United's 13th
goal in three games.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here
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